The woman's presence always reminded Li Jieyu how humble her status was. But thinking that she would leave after returning to Beijing, Li Jieyu slowly returned to her previous appearance.
Occasionally, she would see Shen Qingwan still being indifferent, but Shen Qingwan didn't bother to argue with her and was happy to be free.
"Let's go. I'm almost suffocating here. I'll go out for a walk today." Li Jieyu has been trapped in this courtyard for a long time because of the plague. Now that the plague in Jiangnan has improved a lot, it's time for her to go out.
"Yes, Your Majesty, is there anything we need to prepare? And we should go and tell the Concubine Xian." The maid nodded in agreement and asked Concubine Li.
Li Jieyu felt angry when she heard Shen Qingwan's name. Why could this woman always suppress her? She even needed Shen Qingwan's consent before she could go out? She was naturally very dissatisfied in her heart, but today... she really planned to meet her.
"Yeah." After a faint reply, Li Jieyu brought the maid to Shen Qingwan's yard. Because they were going out, they were dressed very elegantly, but Shen Qingwan felt particularly uncomfortable.
At this time, why go out wearing such bright clothes? What will people think when they see you
"Sister, I feel sorry for the people affected by the disaster, so I want to pray in the temple. Would you like to go with me?" After a polite greeting, Li Jieyu started to mind her own business, but she was not respectful at all.
"Oh, really? It's rare that Concubine Li has such thoughts." Shen Qingwan raised her eyebrows while drinking tea. Now that everything is fine outside, Concubine Li is going to start pretending again, right
"Yes, there is nothing else I can do, so I can only do my best. I hope your sincerity can move the heaven." Li Jieyu spoke without feeling guilty, and her words were full of concern for the people.
Now that Fu Yuheng was not here, she no longer wanted to call Shen Qingwan her sister, and she felt like vomiting even though she was pretending to be so. But now she could only pretend, and she felt nauseous in her heart.
"Okay, it's rare that my sister has such thoughts, so let's go together. Lianyun, go and prepare some plain clothes for me so that I can go with Concubine Li." Shen Qingwan nodded in agreement, and then told Lianyun to prepare.
Li Jieyu wanted to say something after hearing this, but she didn't say anything after seeing Shen Qingwan's expression. After packing up their things, the two of them went to find Fu Yuheng together. After all, they were together and it was at this time.
"It's rare that you have such thoughts. Go ahead. Just be careful. I will send some guards to go with you." Fu Yuheng had no intention of refusing. Instead, he looked at Shen Qingwan with appreciation.
But sending the guards over was not just to protect the two people, the most important thing was to keep an eye on Li Jieyu to prevent her from doing anything to her.
"Yes, Your Majesty, please don't worry about me." Shen Qingwan nodded gently, and when their eyes met, there was a little more friendship in their eyes.
Looking at the two people, Li Jieyu could only smile silently. In front of Fu Yuheng, she must be a virtuous woman and must not let him hate her.
"Sister, it's getting late, let's go quickly." Finally, Li Jieyu couldn't help herself and interrupted the two of them. Fu Yuheng glanced at her calmly without saying anything.
"I'll take my leave." She nodded, bowed to Fu Yuheng and left, with Concubine Li following closely behind.
Shen Qingwan paced slowly, but her eyes occasionally glanced behind her. Now that the plague has improved a little, she changed her usual intention to pray for the people, and it was hard to make her believe it. However, now was the right time, and she also wanted to see what tricks she could come up with.
The road leading to the temple had been washed away by the flood, and now the roads were all muddy paths, which were very inconvenient to walk on. Li Jieyu became impatient after walking for a while.
"What? Sister, you want to go back? It's okay. I can go by myself." Shen Qingwan saw her mood and there was a hint of sarcasm on the corners of her mouth. Li Jieyu quickly shook her head and the two of them went to the temple together.
Along the way, because of the presence of the guards, Li Jieyu could only be quiet and dared not do anything. When the prayer was over and she was about to leave, Shen Qingwan heard some noise outside.
"Who, who is there?" The voice outside could be heard from inside the temple, and now that I was outside, the voice was clearer. It was a man's faint groan.
Shen Qingwan quickly led people over, but saw a weak man struggling, and it seemed that he was also infected with the plague. Seeing this, Li Jieyu quickly stepped back and covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, standing with her back to Shen Qingwan.
"How are you?" Shen Qingwan didn't dare to go over and could only ask with concern. The man struggled to speak but had no strength. She could only quickly ask someone to go down the mountain to invite a doctor.
"Don't worry, the doctor will be here soon, just hold on for a while." Fearing that something might happen to the man, Shen Qingwan could only try her best to comfort him. In her eyes, everyone's life is life, and there is no distinction between high and low.
Li Jieyu only felt disgusted, but she also lowered her eyes, with a hint of viciousness in her eyes.
Shen Qingwan was completely unprepared and suddenly felt a force hitting her waist. She fell defenselessly on the man. She stood up and looked at Li Jieyu with surprise behind her.
Li Jieyu seemed to be at a loss and waved her hands, "I...sister didn't mean it...sister...it's just that the road is too slippery, I was careless..." As she spoke, she took a few steps back, away from Shen Qingwan.
"Doctor, please come and take a look at him. He looks like he has an epidemic." Although Shen Qingwan was puzzled, she didn't say anything, but her mind was on the man.
"Okay, okay, okay, your Majesty, don't worry." The doctor bowed and went to treat the man.
Shen Qingwan stood not far away and watched, with worry in her eyes.
She didn't know if it was an illusion just now, but she felt that the man looked at her with an apologetic look in his eyes. But she had never seen him before, so how could she have such a feeling? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shake her head, maybe she was overthinking.
Li Jieyu stood aside, staring at Shen Qingwan. The coldness on her lips made people feel chilled. But when she looked up again, she still looked confused, as if she had not recovered from the panic just now.
After a long while, the doctor wiped the sweat from his head and said, "Your Majesty, he is fine now, but it is better to take him back for observation." He stared at the man and spoke.
Shen Qingwan nodded when she heard this. After all, the plague was not so easy to cure, so it was better to take the disease back home.